Dearth and Plenty

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Dearth

Dearth noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: there was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite
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Plenty is an antonym for dearth in insufficiency topic.

Plenty

Plenty noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: plenty of people showed up
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Dearth is an antonym for plenty.
Nearby Words: plentiful, plentifully, plenitude, plenteous
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high high dearth high plenty
relative relative dearth relative plenty
massive massive dearth massive plenty
major major dearth major plenty

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Combined with the game requiring nine ports to be forwarded to play and a dearth of American servers note  There are plenty of Russian and other Eastern European servers, but good luck playing with 250+ ping made many US players consider it to be an effectively "singleplayer" game.
    Source: Video Game / S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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Plenty and Dearth. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dearth/plenty
Dearth & Plenty. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dearth/plenty>.
Plenty or Dearth. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dearth/plenty.

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